Elections: Collation suspended in Kano after result sheet of pending LG is torn

March 11, 2019 Sani Tukur


The collation of results at the Kano State collation centre has been suspended by the state’s collation officer, Bello Shehu.

The decision follows the disruption of collation of the result from Nasarawa Local Government Area, the only local government whose result was yet to be announced.

The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Riskuwa Shehu, who briefed journalists, observers and party representatives at the State INEC office early on Monday said suspected thugs invaded the local government collation centre and disrupted the process.

“As we were waiting to reconvene with the intention to continue with the collation, we heard a disturbing report that just as they were about to conclude, results collation in Nasarawa local government were disrupted and the result sheet torn away and there was a lot of commotion and the police had to rescue some people.

“As it is now, we don’t have the result and even the E. O. (Electoral Officer), had to be… Luckily, nothing happened to him. He was saved from the crisis


“But the intention of the commission is that we are going to refer to our primary and secondary data of results that were collated from the polling units as well as the ward level.

“When we get the results in the presence of all the representatives of political parties, we will regenerate the results and we will confirm those that are acceptable within our laws and guidelines and those that have to be cancelled because the card readers will have to be referred to as well.

“Based on that, we will have genuine results and we will complete the collation for the state governorship election,” he said.

Declaring A Winner

The state collation officer, Mr Shehu, a professor, had earlier said that his team has been looking at the cancellation of votes which he said is “quite a large number.”


Mr Shehu said they are still trying to “segregate and get as much that is zero votes against cancellations.”

He said, “It is when we get all this that we will be able to put the results together and declare, looking at the margin of win and be able to declare if there is a winner.”

Speaking on the matter, the Kano INEC REC said based on the regulations of the commission, it is clear that “where manual voting was done, it is not about cancellation of the votes; it is about scoring zero.”

He said the commission will now segregate all the cancellations made from all local government areas as compiled and presented and then isolate “those that are not genuine cancellations which have been recorded as zero and those that actually should have been cancelled based on our guidelines will be cancelled and then the collation officer will continue with his job.”

No time has been fixed to reconvene and conclude the collation but the collation officer said all concerned will be communicated whenever the results from Nasarawa are ready.

Results from 43 of Kano’s 44 local governments had been announced and the PDP candidate, Abba Yusuf, was leading the incumbent governor Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

While the PDP candidate has so far scored 960,004 votes, Mr Ganduje of the APC has 953,522 votes.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/319431-elections-collation-suspended-in-kano-after-result-sheet-of-pending-lg-is-torn.html

Kano city

Apc must win kano

Kano is also heading the inconclusive way

Is this one not another inconclusive. I just tire!
Let's just go full blown electronic election to avoid all this rubbish.

Indispensable85:
Is this one not another inconclusive. I just tire!
Let's just go full blown electronic election to avoid all this rubbish.

Are you sure that will be better? Won't INEC come up with hacking of DATABASE?

the worst election since 1999

Just a margin of 6,000 votes. APC still has chance of clinching this.

APC social media influencers wants Ganduje out, but still wants APC to win Kano.

ican2020:
the worst election since 1999

What of 2007 elections? Maurice Iwu's record cannot be broken by anyone. Iwu's INEC that will be announcing results in Abuja, while collation were still going on?

In some places, people are still waiting for INEC materials but results were already announced in Abuja.

agabusta:


What of 2007 elections? Maurice Iwu's record cannot be broken by anyone. Iwu's INEC that will be announcing results in Abuja, while collation were still going on?

In some places, people are still waiting for INEC materials but results were already announced in Abuja.

Lol osun election come to mind 2007

Counting is still going on in oshogbo boom iwu announced in abuja

Everything just inconclusive or suspended in this Governorship election. I just hope the best candidates win at the end of the day

APC APC God will punish you people

Returning officers working with INEC are lecturers and you wonder why our educational system is crumbling?



















"INEC Chairman fought gallantly..." Your enemies are in your midst...

1. Plateau - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
2. Adamawa - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
3. Sokoto - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
4. Bauchi - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
5. Rivers - suspended (PDP won).

ican2020:
the worst election since 1999

I am telling you! APC knows they did not perform at all hence the desperation.

I hope this doesn't result to crisis in the city though. I trust Kano people and fight.

Old news

Kwankwaso would soon be heading to the Inec office for continuation of collation

Pascopele:
Returning officers working with INEC are lecturers and you wonder why our educational system is crumbling?

"INEC Chairman fought gallantly..." Your enemies are in your midst...

1. Plateau - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
APC Leading
2. Adamawa - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
3. Sokoto - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
4. Bauchi - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
5. Rivers - suspended (PDP won).

Why the inaccurate information na??

APC is leading in Plateau with a very comfortable margin.

The incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) polled 583,255 while his opponent, Jeremiah Useni, polled 538,326.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/319381-plateau-state-election-declared-inconclusive.html

APC! We are aware of all these desperados.
Kama is real.
I just blame the simpleton call Manhood Yakubu.
That guy has lost control of the commission. We should have pushed for his resignation immediately he postponed the elections.

When security agents fall to do their jobs. How can result sheets be torn?

Which ever way this goes there will be unrest in Kano this election is too close

As expected. Not surprised at all

Yakubu INEC has no shame.

He don't care about his legacy.

He is not qualify to head any Public office.

Nigerian election is moving backward under him
Yakubu failed to improve after 2015 election

K

Wuru wuru tactics.

Pascopele:
Returning officers working with INEC are lecturers and you wonder why our educational system is crumbling?



















"INEC Chairman fought gallantly..." Your enemies are in your midst...

1. Plateau - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
2. Adamawa - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
3. Sokoto - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
4. Bauchi - inconclusive, (PDP leading).
5. Rivers - suspended (PDP won).

You guys are even heating up the polity with this kinda reasoning. Why was Oyo, Abia, Delta and the rest were PDP won not declared Inconclusive?

Ok

Strategy

Kano will be inconclusive

Ganduje don patch patch the result
yet the thing no balance
yeye man, yeye inec, yeye country

Not inconclusive. And mind u pdp was leading magically they will loose